Mysore/Mysuru: “A person with humanity, patience and helping nature towards others will become successful in life,” said MLA G.T. Devegowda. He was addressing the gathering at Dr. Shivarathri Rajendra Shree Award Ceremony held at Sri Rajendra Auditorium in JSS Hospital premises as part of Basava Jayanti-2021 celebrations organised by Mysuru Sharana Mandali on Saturday.
“Many tried to block my way when I was struggling in life, yet I helped those people after becoming politician. I don’t keep grudge against anyone, people who become rich overnight will suffer later in their lives. So a person should develop the character of helping others in difficult times. From the time I was a Gram Panchayat (GP) President to till date, I have never did partiality with the development of villages which did not vote for me. I have worked towards the development of every village under my constituency,” he said.
He further explained on how he got the Cabinet approval for Rs. 379 crore project for the development of UGD, Parks and Layouts which comes under MUDA.
Expressing grief over the demise of Kuppur Seer, the MLA urged people to follow the footsteps of the Seer who always helped the poor.
Rajendra Shree Award
The following persons were honoured with ‘Rajendra Shree Award’ on the occasion: Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh, BBMP retd. Engineer Ln. K. Devegowda, former President of District Kannada Sahitya Parishat Maddikere Gopal, Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Mahasabha District President D.T. Prakash.
Surya Simhasana Mutt Seer Sri Siddalinga Shivacharya Swamiji, District Sharana Sahitya Parishat Parishat President Helavarahundi Siddappa, State Government Employees Association former District President H.K. Ramu, Mysuru Dasti Education Institution Managing Director Dr. D. Thimmaiah, Mysuru Sharana Mandali President Mugur Nanjundaswamy and others were present during the programme.
In my experience and also in the experience of many who left India because of the institutional corruption and nepotism, that are embedded well in this country , those who have succeeded in life in India, are corrupt politicians and officials, professionals like doctors who got into medical colleges and did their qualifications on the basis of caste-based reservation, vast amount of money spent, and powerful connection, not on merit. There are no one left, since independence who succeeded in life by helping others. An exception was our family doctors who did so, was murdered by targetted thugs who also murdered his family
Mysuru/ India is a cesspit of greedy and dishonest mob
Oh Shantala :
Have you forgotten the two thousand year old caste-based reservation in this society ? !!!
Interesting that to counter the 2000 year old perceived maladies of caste-based classification is let groups to howl as ‘backward’=caste , only in India groups want to be classified as backward, to by-pass the merit consideration for education and jobs! This psyche does not end in India alone, as thousands of them swamp into Western countries for work visas, they want the the ‘minority’ status, thus to excuse their incompetence in not meeting the standards set for employment, and promotion!
When a clinical certification test, for example, is set for a doctor who flourished because of the caste-based reservation from India, in a Western country, to assess the medical knowledge the failure in that clinical test, is blamed this time by this person as the colour-based.” prejudice! Forgetting of course the presence plethora of ‘coloured’ doctors who are already very successful as specialists in the same country! One could in the latter that almost all of them gained their entry to medical colleges in India, based on merit alone. That alone demonstrates the folly of caste-based reservation circumventing the merit route.
The contagion of ‘backward-caste–based advantage over the merit, embedded in the system of those groups, is carried through in a different form of ‘minority-based ‘ claims to circumvent meeting professional standards as mentioned above. I have heard this particularly from doctors in the above group, when they fail repeatedly to meet the standards required for specialist medical certification.
The reservation system at first, after independence, was meant to enable the most disadvantaged group in India, the SC/ST to compete for opportunities. A few in power, were in favour of giving the above group, financial incentives, rather than caste-based incentives so as not to skew the merit -based route. This argument fell on deaf ears. Nehru argued that the above group was an exception; but soon this exception spread to other groups , and one sees the caste-based backward ness in perpetuity!
There is NO attempt to assess whether certain caste classified as backward originally should still remain so, and hence removed from the reservation list.
What has happened to so called forward castes? Their opportunities are so much restricted that in order to flourish based on merit and learning, they have to emigrate These days the latter see the so called ‘ backward-caste mob’ also joining them , and when they fail as explained above, they howl discrimination based on colour!
Well, the glib citing of age -old discrimination, to support the ever increasing scramble for backwardness demonstrates a lack of analytical awareness,, which is not surprising.
Oh, Shantala!
You invited the wrath from this ‘Baharata Ratna’ @Vipra , who points to the 2000 year old ‘caste-based ‘reservation’.
He being not a Kshatriya prevented him from succeeding a Wadiyar, and thus depriving him of living in the Mysore Palace!
How dare you say: “only in India groups want to be classified as backward’ which was a famous quote from Infosys Narayana Murthy, who as a forward caste member reserved his place as the co-founder of Infosys, thanks to 2000 year old caste-reservation practice!
@Vipra seems not to like the 2000year old Indian cultural imperatives like: honesty, incorruptible work ethic, rectitude etc., .either! They chime with the 2000 year old caste-reservation nonsense! Hence happy with this forward-looking approach of backwardness based on caste!
May be you and I should recommend his name for an Award, communicating this to a great progressive soul like Deve Gowda?
Oh Brother and Sister :
You true colors are showing !
Looks like you only want other castes to support you ,only when you raise the bogey of muslims
Drunken rantings !